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First Source contracts hit the street
DHS selects eleven small businesses to provide commodity IT products through the program, which could be worth $3 billion over five years.
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L-1 Identity Solutions protests TWIC award to Lockheed Martin
The company's protest states that the Transportation Security Administration “misread certain key aspects of our proposal, including our proposed price.”
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Agency contributions for e-gov projects to fall in 2007
Agencies will spend $27.7 million less on e-government programs in fiscal 2007, OMB reported Thursday.
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Air Force activates intelligence pipeline
The intell initiative will enable military officials worldwide to locate, share and analyze imagery from manned and unmanned systems
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Cartwright: Cyber warfare strategy ‘dysfunctional’
The Defense Department's strategy for cyberspace is divided among three groups that operate independently and don't effectively share information on their activities, according to the head of the U.S. Strategic Command.
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DHS to test comms strategy in TopOff 4
DHS wants to know the extent to which the public will trust the information it receives in two formats: a live video feed and a Web site.
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IG: SBInet complexity necessitates outsourcing
The program is too complex for DHS officials to manage without outside support, the IG tells Congress.
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DOE awards $135M contract to SCI Consulting Services
The Hispanic woman-owned small business will be responsible for end-user support, server and database management and other IT services at the department's facilities in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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IT budget increase impacts most agencies
The fiscal 2008 IT budget request is more similar to the administration’s plan for 2006 than this year’s.
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Bush requests 8 percent budget hike for DHS
The president's request of $46.4 billion for DHS for fiscal 2008 includes $1 billion set aside for SBInet and a $16.5 million boost for TWIC.
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Davis creates whistle-blower line
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's ranking member wants to help citizens communicate with the committee.
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IRS 2008 budget steps up tax services transformation
The IRS advances its goal to improve taxpayer service and tax compliance through IT in the fiscal 2008 Treasury Department budget.
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Army gives ManTech support contract
The new task order has a base of one year and four option years, and a total value of about $80 million.
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IG: IRS needs better tracking for E-Help Desk
The E-Help Desk program assists people using the IRS’ e-services, but it lacks various processes for evaluations and a means to measure customer satisfaction.
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Legislation would require procurement training at DHS
The DHS Procurement Improvement Act would require the chief procurement official at the department to establish objectives for efficient and effective use of resources.
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Electronic Records Archive to debut in September
The Bush administration is seeking $58 million for the program in fiscal 2008, according to the newly released budget.
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GSA, IG told to work together on contract oversight
The proposed 2008 budget directs GSA and IG officials to come up with alternative methods for doing preaward audits and surveys to ensure agencies are getting fair deals.
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